Improvement in heel-machines for boots and shoes



'Z. M. LA'N'E. HEEL MACHINES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES. No.183,310, Patented Oct.1'7, 1876.

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UNITE STATES PATENT QFFIon.

ZENAS M. LANE, on ROOKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEEL-MACHINES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,310, dated October 17, 1876; application filed 7 September 22, 1876.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, ZENAS ,M. LANE, of Rockland, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Heeling-Machines, of which the following is a specification This invention relates to heeling-machines for boots and shoes, and specially to that part of the machine for trimming the heels after sition, and then to disengage the actuating part of the clutch from the wheels of the clutch. I also provide alock to hold the clutchmoving hand-lever in central position, and operate the look through the movement of the working-spindle, whereby the trimming mechanism cannot be operated except after the working-spindle has risen and fastened the heel.

Figure 1 represents, in side elevation, suflicient of a heelingmachine to show my improvements; Fig. 2, a front view; Fig. 3, a detail of the reversing clutch; Fig. 4, the usual form-plate detached; Figs. 5 and 6, details to be referred to.

In this machine the mechanisms for attaching the heel and for trimming it are the same as in the ordinary McKay machine before referred to, and l have therefore considered it unnecessary to show such mechanisms in detail.

The driving-shaft a, working-spindle b, toggle-joint a, head d, form-plate e, trimming-lever f, nail-box g, and cutter or knife stock it are, in practice, as in the McKay machine, and said parts operate as in said machine.

Upon the head 01, which is a plate attached to the upper end of the working-spindle, I

place a circular plate or ring, t, shown as a gear, and provided with cams or projections l 2, between which, as shown in Fig. 5, is

placed a projecting portion, 3, of the trimming-leverf, the ring or gear and projections therefrom operatingthe trimming-leven' in suitable bearings at the side of the frame j is mounted a shaft, It, provided with a bevel-pinion, l, and moved from shaft a through pinions an no. The bevel-pinion lis adapted to engage either of the bevel-pinions 10 q, mounted loosely on shaft 7', provided at its'end with a long pinion, 4, that engages the gear t. The

actuating part t of the clutch, connected with the shaft 4 by a spline, so as to rotate with,

but yet move thereon, has suitable pins or projections a, to enter suitable holes in the bevelpinions, andengage either of them at will with the pinion a, rotating butfin one direction. This actuating part it is grooved at w,

to receive a lug, w, projecting from a lever, y,

pivoted at a. Pivoted to this lever :41 at its outer end is a short lever, b, the shorter end of which rests against a catch, a, pressed forward to engage the lever 31 by a spring, at, the,

hook, when pressed forward, holding the lever, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the partt then being free from each of the bevel-pinions p q, the shaft 1' not moving. A lock, 0, in this instance composed of a sliding plate notched at f, is employed to lock the lever y in position when the working spindle is depressed, thereby preventing the possibility of engag ing the clutch at that time. The notchf fits a proper projection on the side of the lever when the lock is moved in the direction of the arrow, the lock being moved in that direction when the working-spindle is depressed through the action of a pin, 7, or equivalent, projecting from a plate, g, attached to the workingspindle b, and entering a slot, 8, in the lock.

The drawings show the working-spindle elevated into the position it will occupy after a heel is attached, the knife-carrier and knife then resting in their initial position, as shown, in this instance at the left-hand corner of the heel, looking at it toward the heel-breast. The upward movement of the spindle moved back the lock and released the lever,- leaving it to be moved by hand when the operator is ready to trim the heel. Theleveri although released from the lock, is yet held by the catch 0. The operator now operates the short lever b, to throw back the catch 0 and then lift the lever y, such movement engaging the part t with the bevel-pinion q of the clutch, and moving the gear 1; and trimming lever and cutter about the heel, the knife or cutter being changed in position, in the usual way, by the ordinary grooved form-plate e,.common to the McKay machine.

A rod, h, supported in suitable bearings, is connected near its upper end by a pin, 5, with a pivoted lever, j, provided with rollers k l. The lower end of this rod 72/ is provided with projections 9, forming a fork adapted to engage the. lever As the knife reaches the opposite corner of the heel, the cam 2 reaches the roller 1, and, striking it, turns the lever j on its center, which, in turn, depresses the rod h and lever 'l thereby disengaging the part it from the bevel-pinion q, and engaging it with the bevel-pinion 1), thereby turning the shaft 0 and gear '1; and trimming-lever backto its starting-point, ready to again. trim a new heel. The cam 2, on its return movement, strikes the roller 7c, lifts the rod h and thelever, and disengages the part 15 from the pinion p; but the lever y, so elevated, cannot move far enough upward to engage the part t with the bevelpinion (1 because of the catch 0. The pinionsp q being now both free, the shaft 1' and the trimming lever are stopped, leaving the knife in proper initial position to trim a new heel. After the return of the trimming-lever" to its starting-point or initial position, the togglejoint c is operated as usual, the workingspindle is lowered, and the lock, moving forward, engages and holds the lever 31 until the spindle is again elevated.

I do not intend to limit this invention to the exact clutch or parts t g1), as described, as

any usual form of, or equivalent, clutch can be employed instead. 7

The ring t is herein shown as provided with teeth engaged by a pinion, 4; but it is obvious that the ring and the shaft, or an enlarged portion thereon, might be connected in other ways thanby teeth, so as to operate in unison. The cams 1 2 might strike the ends of leverj instead of rollers is Z.

I claim- 1. The working-spindle, head, trimming-lever, and plate or ring, adapted to engage the triinminglever, in combination with a clutch and shafts k and 4, adapted to turn the shaft 1', and plate or ring and trimming-lever, in opposite directions, substantially as described.

2. The plate or ring and calms or projec tions 12, incombination with a lever, j, and a connecting-rod to operate the lever, for changin g the actuating part of the clutch to reverse.

the trimming-lever, substantial] y as described.

3. The working-spindle and lock, in combination with the lever y, to hold the actuating part of the clutch out of operative position while the spindle is depressed, substantially as described.

4. The working-spindle and lock, in combination with the lever and catch 0 and lever 12', substantially as described. 7

5. The working-spindle, head, and plate or ring, provided with teeth, in combination with the shaftr and long gear 4, adapted to engage the teeth on the plate or ringt' in all positions of the working-spindle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: ZENAS M. LANE.-

G. W. GREGORY, W. J. PRATT. 

